2020 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships
The 2020 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships would have been the 84th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams would've participated in several levels of competition, including the inaugural competition in the newly created Division IV. The competition would also have served as qualifications for division placements in the 2021 competition.
Restructuring by the IIHF led to several changes in the lower divisions of the 2020 World Championships. Division III was renamed Division III-A, the Division III qualification tournament was renamed Division III-B, and Division IV was created, with the latter two tournaments consisting of four teams each instead of the standard six. The bottom two teams in the 2019 Division III qualification tournament were assigned to the new Division IV, along with newcomers Malaysia and the Philippines.
All tournaments were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Championship (Top Division)
The tournament was scheduled to be held in Zürich and Lausanne, Switzerland from 8 to 24 May 2020. The tournament was cancelled on 21 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
Belarus – Promoted from Division I-A
Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Great Britain
Italy
Kazakhstan – Promoted from Division I-A
Latvia
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
Sweden
Switzerland – Host
United States
Division I
Group A
The tournament was scheduled to be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia from 27 April to 3 May 2020.[2] The tournament was cancelled on 17 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
Austria – Relegated from Top Division
France – Relegated from Top Division
Hungary
Romania – Promoted from Division I-B
Slovenia
South Korea
Group B
The tournament was scheduled to be held in Katowice, Poland from 27 April to 3 May 2020.[2] The tournament was cancelled on 17 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
Estonia
Japan
Lithuania – Relegated from Division I-A
Poland
Serbia – Promoted from Division II-A
Ukraine
Division II
Group A
The tournament would have been held in Zagreb, Croatia from 19 to 25 April 2020.[4] On 13 March 2020, the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
Australia
China
Croatia
Israel – Promoted from Division II B
Netherlands – Relegated from Division I B
Spain
Group B
The tournament would have been held in Reykjavík, Iceland from 19 to 25 April 2020.[4] On 13 March 2020, the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
Belgium – Relegated from Division II A
Bulgaria – Promoted from Division III
Georgia
Iceland
Mexico
New Zealand
Division III
Group A
The tournament would have been held in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg from 19 to 25 April 2020.[4] On 13 March 2020, the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
Chinese Taipei
Luxembourg
North Korea – Relegated from Division II B
Turkey
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates – Promoted from Division III A
Group B
The tournament would have been held in Cape Town, South Africa from 20 to 23 April 2020.[4] On 13 March 2020, the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hong Kong
South Africa – Relegated from Division III
Thailand
Division IV
The tournament would have been held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan from 3 to 5 March 2020. On 2 March 2020, the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
References
- ^ Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Tournaments for 2020 assigned". iihf.com. 24 May 2019.
- ^ a b "IIHF cancels Division I tournaments". iihf.com. 17 March 2019.
- ^ a b c d "World Championships". IIHF. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Men's Division II, III cancelled". IIHF. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "IIHF cancels March tournaments". iihf.com. 2 March 2020.
